The Rapper Who Made $400K Reading the Market

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**Nicole Lapin** (0:01)
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So how much have you made overall on trading?

**Matt** (2:31)
I'm very aware of the flux right now.

**Nicole Lapin** (2:35)
Can I say?

**SPEAKER_1** (2:37)
1.568 mil.

**Matt** (2:40)
And you see the growth on there?

**Nicole Lapin** (2:42)
653%.
Yung Gravy is a beloved rapper. We have known him through his music until he dropped the mic on a crazy financial trade. That video went viral and I had to know more.

**SPEAKER_4** (2:56)
What's your biggest financial flex? At the beginning of Covid, I put a call on 1-800-Flowers. It's dark, but I knew people were gonna die and I knew that people didn't want to go in public, so I made about 400k on 1-800-Flowers. Stock options. Yeah, I put a call on it.

**Nicole Lapin** (3:09)
Today, Gravy tells me about the options trade that created a major, major payday for him.

**Matt** (3:13)
During Covid, I want to say I put in like 30k. I came out late for it. That shit was popping.

**Nicole Lapin** (3:19)
What he's investing in now?

**Matt** (3:21)
My strategy is investing in the infrastructure of the newest thing. So like AI, computer chips, all that.

**Nicole Lapin** (3:29)
And how musicians are actually making money right now?

**Matt** (3:32)
A lot of processes here. There's writers, there's producers, there's mixers. There's a lot of people that go into the process of making it. Once you put out the music, there's a ton of other things that come along with it. Touring, then you sell your meet and greets, your merch, there's a lot of different things.

**Nicole Lapin** (3:46)
So here's the big question. Have you made more money from your trading or from music?

**Matt** (3:52)
I think overall.

**Nicole Lapin** (3:57)
I'm Nicole Lapin, the only financial expert you don't need a dictionary to understand. It's time for some Money Rehab. Yung Gravy, welcome to Money Rehab.

**Matt** (4:06)
Thank you, Nicole. Happy to be here.

**Nicole Lapin** (4:07)
So what do I call you? Your rep calls you Gravy.

**Matt** (4:10)
Matt or Gravy.

**Nicole Lapin** (4:11)
Matt or Gravy?

**Matt** (4:12)
Yeah.

**Nicole Lapin** (4:12)